Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Alexander Vasilievich SHULGIN


Alexander Vasilievich SHULGIN Born in 1951.
In 1973 graduated from  Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973. 
Was posted in Moscow and abroad. 
1998-2003 - Consul General of the Russian Federation in Marseilles and Monaco.
2003-2006 - Deputy Director of First European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
2006-2009 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in Senegal and Gambia.
2009-2012 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in Luxembourg.
2013-2015 - Director of First European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
Since 2015 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Diplomatic Rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Married, has a son and a daughter.
Speaks French and English.

Interview, the ambassador's speech

Russian Embassy in the Netherlands hosted on October 15 last
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Alexander Shulgin
“Jewels! Glittering at the Russian Court”
On September 2 one of the central Dutch newspapers “De Volkskrant” published an article by the Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands A.Shulgin
On August 30 the Ambassador of Russia A.Shulgin met with the Ambassador of Uzbekistan D.Hakimov